She was born on May 3, 1944 to parents, Leon Galiano and Rosalie Gambino. Marie attended Annunciation High School, graduating in 1962. Following graduation, she was employed as a secretary at Whitney National Bank’s main branch. She eventually stopped working to raise her children, but she returned to work as an executive secretary at Whitney National Bank in 1980, and she remained there until her retirement in 2008. Marie greatly valued her role in the Whitney Bank enterprise, as well as the lasting friendships that she made there.
Marie’s passions were Italian food and history, dancing, Neil Diamond, old New Orleans culture, and keeping up with the lives of her five grandchildren. She was also passionate about her Catholic religion, and she served as a Eucharistic Minister in St. John the Evangeline Parish, which served as her Catholic home since she relocated to Baton Rouge following Hurricane Katrina.
In death, Marie is joining her deceased husband, Joe Spano of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, her parents, Leon and Rosalie Galiano, and her sister, Anna Galiano. Marie is survived by her three children, Angelle Marie Sander and spouse, Paul Santoveña, of Houston, Texas, Jack Walter Sander, III and spouse, Jane Sander, of Tampa, Florida, and Christopher Michael Sander and spouse, Casey Smith, of Metairie, Louisiana. Marie is also survived by her beloved five grandchildren, Julian Michael Santoveña, Miranda Mary Santoveña, Zachary Ryan Sander, Alexander Thomas Sander, and Jack Walter Sander, IV.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Mass in the chapel of Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. in New Orleans, on Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:00AM. A gathering time will be held prior to the Mass beginning at 10:00AM. The interment will follow the Mass at Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum.
And when the stream that overflows has passed,
A consciousness remains upon the silent shore of memory;
Images and precious thoughts that shall not be
And cannot be destroyed.
William Wordsworth
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